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Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous.
Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2002
A stunning debut novel about a little girl growing up in Belfast, from the author of the Man Booker Prize winning novel, The Milkman.
'Marvellous: shocking, moving, evocative' Daily Mail

The second novel from Anna Burns, critically acclaimed author of the Man Booker winning novel, The Milkman
'Brilliant ... I can't remember the last time I read prose so profound and so punchy' Daily Telegraph